I’ve always been
fascinated by gardening programmes. From dear old Percy Thrower to Charlie
Dimmock & Alan Titchmarsh to Monty Don.
They make it sound
so easy and achievable, but as anyone who gardens knows it is not!
For any one with a
passing interest in gardens the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London is an event
not to be missed. This year I was lucky enough to go.
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| A pretty cranes-bill! Sorry I didn't take notes as to what each flower was, there were just too many! |
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| The offering by Mr D Gavin with the Korean DMZ forbidden garden in front. |
There were several glass flower sculptures and these emphasised the blue of the sky!
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| Sky Blue! |
I just loved these crazy green chrysanthemums!
Gardening is a battle: gardener against nature. Plants want to grow and set seed and they don’t always do it in the manner that gardeners want them to. It’s a control thing and constant vigilance is necessary.
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| These brass cardoons were on the Edulis nursery stand. http://www.edulis.co.uk/product?ipg=9873 |
Yes it was amazing and crowded and hot, but the Pimms was cool & refreshing and a kind artist gave me some sun block. Picking quieter paths through the crowd gave me an opportunity to take a few photographs of some things that took my fancy.
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| Orchid! |
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| More Orchids! |
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| Even more Orchids! |
There were lots of orchids!
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| These Orla Kiely hand tools were the prettiest I saw ;) |
